Karpin comes to BMG from News Corp.’s Mushroom Records, where he oversaw the A&R department for the Australian label. Prior to that, he spent 12 years as general manager of A&R at Sony Music Australia, where he had a hand in the signing of hit alt-rock trio Silverchair, as well as regional pop stars Tina Arena and Daryl Braithwaite.

Karpin also worked A&R stints at CBS Records in the U.K., U.S. and Australia, during which he signed Down Under phenoms Men at Work and platinum-selling chanteuse Basia.